Alaska Rep. Don Young finds himself a man in political isolation today after an Alaska radio station aired an interview in which he used an anti-Latino slur to describe migrant laborers.

From House Speaker John Boehner to Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn, Republican leaders have condemned and cut loose the veteran GOP lawmaker from the nation’s final frontier.

“Congressman Young’s remarks were offensive and beneath the dignity of the office he holds,” Boehner said this morning. “I don’t care why he said it — there’s no excuse and it warrants an immediate apology.”

On Twitter, Texas Rep. Pete Olson demanded Young apologize for his comments.

For the people of TX22, I call on US Rep Young to apologize NOW for using a racial slur about Hispanics. There is no excuse – apologize!

“Shame on Rep. Don Young,” Hinojosa said. “It is deeply disheartening that in 2013 we are forced to have a discussion about a member of Congress using such hateful words and racial slurs.”

Meanwhile, the Democratic Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Democrats, used Young’s slur as an opportunity to put targeted Republicans such as freshman Rep. Randy Weber of Pearland on the spot.

Congressman Don Young is the second most senior Republican Member of Congress. In an interview this week, Congressman Don Young (R-AK) talked about hiring 50 to 60 “wetbacks” on his family’s ranch.

“Congressman Weber can’t remain silent on his colleague Don Young’s use of a racial slur to describe Latino families,” said Emily Bittner of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “Hispanic Americans and all of the hardworking people of Texas deserve to know if Congressman Weber will stand by and let his pal denigrate our neighbors, or if he will do the right thing – and condemn the use of racial slurs by his political party leader. Congressman Don Young is the second-most senior Republican in Congress, and Congressman Weber should stand up for Latino families in Texas.”

Before long, Republicans struck back, saying that Democrats should be similarly critical of their own party’s officeholders:

Perhaps the @dscc should start worrying about their own candidates offending people, like Bruce Braley in #IASENow.ly/jzLLN

UPDATE: California Rep. Xavier Becerra, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, slammed Young for his insensitive comments and connected it to the slow Republican approach to immigration reform.

“Congressman Young’s remarks are offensive and inexcusable thirteen years into the 21st century. His statement demeans the arduous labor and extreme hardship that migrant farmworkers experience harvesting the food that we put on our tables. Perhaps this helps Americans better understand why it is taking Republicans so long to catch up to the rest of America in support of a sensible solution to fix our broken immigration system.”